Explore the Family Name Gangl

The meaning of Gangl

South German: from a short form of the personal name Gangolf or its reversal Wolfgang, from Old High German gang- ‘gait, walk’ + wolf ‘wolf’.

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How common is the last name Gangl in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Gangl has grown in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Gangl was ranked as the 33,090th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had risen to the 29,019th position, indicating a popularity increase of approximately 12.3%. The count of people with this surname also increased from 652 in 2000 to 818 in 2010, a rise of 25.46%. As a proportion per 100,000 people, the occurrence of the Gangl surname grew from 0.24 to 0.28 over this decade, marking a percentage change of 16.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,090	#29,019	12.3%
Count	652	818	25.46%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.28	16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gangl

The Decennial U.S. Census data reveals intriguing shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Gangl between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of Gangl individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander rose from 0.77% to 1.22%, an increase of 58.44%. Interestingly, there was a significant jump in those identifying as Hispanic, with a growth rate of 249.35%, going from 0.77% in 2000 to 2.69% in 2010. However, those identifying as White decreased slightly from 96.93% to 94.99%, a decrease of 2%. There were no Black individuals or those identifying as two or more races using the Gangl surname in either 2000 or 2010. Nevertheless, the surname started being associated with American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.93%	94.99%	-2%
Hispanic	0.77%	2.69%	249.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.77%	1.22%	58.44%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.73%	0%
Two or More Races	0.92%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%